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MAKING IT HAPPEN
ASTON’S VANTAGE AMR • Aston Martin’s commitment to keeping analogue thrills alive continues. The Vantage has sprouted a third pedal…
COFFEE BREAK • What we’re watching/listening/doing, while we should be working
DIARY OF A TEST DRIVER • Crack tester Timo Knees reports from the Arctic Circle, as he puts one of 2019’s big launches through its final paces
VIVE LA COMFY CAR! • Citroen doing what it does best… thinking way outside the box to plot a path for its future
REINVENTING THE WHEEL • It’s round, it rolls, just leave it. Five other feats of needless creativity
JOOLS HOLLAND • Musician, band leader, TV presenter… classic car lover?
MY DREAM GARAGE • Money no object, what Jools would buy…
IT’ZZ THE VW ID ROOMZZ • How to make a pure-electric schoolrun 4x4 cool? Just add zeds
MERCEDES-BENZ GLS
SUPERCARS WITH TINY ENGINES
STUTTGART’S CHOICE • PORSCHE ADOPTS FALKEN AZENIS FK510A SUV TYRES FOR ITS NEW-GENERATION MACAN
FUTURE • IT’S COMING. FOR TUNATELY TOPGEAR IS HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND
“ELECTRIC CARS ARE A RIP-OFF – I COULDN’T POSSIBLY AFFORD ONE”
HERO ZERO • The other stuff making us deliriously happy or horribly sad this month…
RESCUERS’ CHOICE • Luminox introduces new ICE-SAR Arctic 1200 Series for 2019
PROTOTYPE SPIRIT • New Tudor Black Bay P01 lifts the veil on a little-known aspect of its history
FORGING A NEW BOND • Baume & Mercier announces partnership with FJ Benjamin with a swanky afternoon affair
GADGETS • ■ OUR CHOICE OF THIS MONTH’S TOP-SPEC STUFF
ROCKY ROAD • Not all replicas are created equal…
FERRARI 430 SCUDERIA VS FERRARI 488 PISTA • Luciano Pavarotti takes on Andrea Bocelli for Italian tenor supremacy
CHRIS HARRIS • Want to have some real fun in a real car? Then wind in your neck and have a game of how slow can you go…
THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip enters the think-ubator of materials science
FUTURE PROOF • Paul Horrell on the danger of bold predictions and overly tight briefs
ROAD LEGAL • Are SUVs practical? Eric Chin didn’t think so… until now
Cycle & Carriage and Petronas team up for Raya 2019 • ‘BALIK KAMPUNG LIKE NEVER BEFORE ’ EVENT TAKES PARTICIPANTS ON A 120-KM FUN-FILLED ROAD TRIP
The big test: D-segment, three ways • Nat-asp or turbo? Petrol or diesel? Japanese CBU or locally-assembled German? The ‘uncle car’ segment has never been this complicated…
Wonders never cease
Better late than never
Weird and wonderful
Electric switch
THE COMPETITION • Or, for similar money, you could have one of these…
Hatch-Tag
THE COMPETITION • Still not buying the Yaris’s hype? Here are some rivals that hope you’re right
Vanity project
REAL WORLD TEST • MAZDA CX-5 2.2 GLS SKYACTIV-D AWD
The overrun • Small but perfectly formed reviews. The best of the rest from this month’s drives
RENAULT MEGANE RS
JEEP GLADIATOR
MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 220D
Double dose
SUSHI OR SCHNITZEL? • The new Supra has an identity crisis, says Harris – returning Japanese hero on top, BMW underneath. Has Toyota got away with it?
HERE’S ºNE WE MªDE EARLIER
THE REAL BAVARIANRIAN • Not a fan of fusion? BMW’s hyper-focused G20 3er might just cleanse your palate…
START OWN THE ICONS •...